Euripides and the Instruction of the Athenians

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Euripides and the Instruction of the AtheniansPolitical by its very nature, Greek tragedy reflects on how life should be lived in the polis, and especially the polis that was democratic Athens. Instructional as well, drama frequently concerns itself with the audience's moral education. Euripides and the Instruction of the Athenians draws on these political and didactic functions of tragedy for a close analysis of five plays: Alcestis, Hippolytus, Hecuba, Heracles, and Trojan Women. Clearly

Her narrative encompasses the removal of the Marbles from the Athenian Acropolis

soberly prohibitive

born in Macedonia

you can hate the invaders but still love their poetry

The legends surrounding the house of Thebes inspired Sophocles to create this powerful trilogy about humanity's struggle against fate

death and destruction everywhere

are about how to live -- how to understand one's place in the world

This volume completes Donald Hills distinguished edition to the Metamorphoses

scientific work was part of broader culture

πώς ήμουν σαν σύζυγος

political upheavel

both military and civil